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are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't know. this trendline is bad. happening under bush and obama. it does not work. john: good intentions and that go bad. clean energy's. >> solyndra. the tip of the a's spurred. dozens of companies go bad. the story behind the story. campaign contributors contributors, interest free loans from the government, distorting capital, it means resources are being used less productively and workers get lower wages and it adds up to the bad situation. john: president bush says it to oklahoma you take care of things it is good for the economy. >> collor you create a housing bubble. those people were the ones that had to walk out onto the plank then we all fall into the shark infested waters 87 tax credits. >> sounds great. but from the tax code in 1913 only 14 pages we have warped into the 702000 page monster. more than 1,000 different forms to download. nobody understands. h&r block loves it but it is a news around the neck of the american economy. every page has something in it that sounds good but l
are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't know. this trendline is bad. happening under bush and obama. it does not work. john: good intentions and that go bad. clean energy's. >> solyndra. the tip of the a's spurred. dozens of companies go bad. the story behind the story. campaign contributors contributors, interest free loans from the government, distorting capital, it means resources are being used less productively and workers get lower wages and it adds...
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are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i n't know. thisrendline is bad. happening under bush and obama. it does not work. john: good intentions and that go bad. clean energy's. >> solyndra. the tip of the a's spurred. dozens of companies go bad. the story behind the story. campaign contributors contributors, interest free loans from the government, distorting capital, it means resources are being used less productively and workers get lower wages and it adds up to the bad situation. john: president bush says it to oklahoma you take care of things it is good for the economy. >> collor you create a housing bubble. those people were the ones that had to walk out onto the plank then we all fall into the shark infested waters 87 tax credits. >> sounds great. but fr the tax code in 1913 only 14 pages we have warped into the 702000 page monster. more than 1,000 different forms to download. nobody understands. h&r block loves it but it is a news around the neck of the american economy. every page has something in it that sounds good but look what it adds up to 27
are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i n't know. thisrendline is bad. happening under bush and obama. it does not work. john: good intentions and that go bad. clean energy's. >> solyndra. the tip of the a's spurred. dozens of companies go bad. the story behind the story. campaign contributors contributors, interest free loans from the government, distorting capital, it means resources are being used less productively and workers get lower wages and it adds up...
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with the asian family culture is stronger than ours but look at greece, look at italy, southern europe. the united states where families are falling apart. there is day of wreckoning for democracies all over the world. >> how do we fix it? telling grandma no. >> there is no fixing it. there is no fixing it. this is just something we have to watch. trends are unstoppable. their entire cohort of young japanese men called herbivores. these men live on comic books, video games, and masturbation. all you can do is look out for yourself. i don't think there is an answer. >> we need productive babies. who can coach us at our old age. >> herbivores won't help with that. >> one thing about america is we can suck the rest of the world dry if we can continue to attract hardworking people around the country. they will still go over the cliff and we will still be around. >> i will go on other shows, other networks on msnbc, and i think sometimes it is just scary. scary to say the typical median household will extract hundreds of thousands of more in medical care and social security than they ever p
with the asian family culture is stronger than ours but look at greece, look at italy, southern europe. the united states where families are falling apart. there is day of wreckoning for democracies all over the world. >> how do we fix it? telling grandma no. >> there is no fixing it. there is no fixing it. this is just something we have to watch. trends are unstoppable. their entire cohort of young japanese men called herbivores. these men live on comic books, video games, and...
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government it uld make us look like greece tomorrow. instead, they are in like netherland so stuff like this happens. >> we're beginning to look like greece right now. butome things have improved. prices have gone up but that is supply and demand issue. supply is way down so delinquency rights are still very high. >> this is biggest government stimulus program of all. people forget, this stimulus, five trillion bucks. the president is rallying about fat cat bay but they were exempt from dodd-frank. they basically dominate the mark 90% of the mortgage market. they've got government backing. they don't have to compete. they don't have to out perform. they make more money than the government overseer, that is doing their job. you have directors there making millions of dollars. we should have reined them in long time ago. >> there was a ignite named franklin rains, he made $90 million back during his reign and they gave out $45 million in bonuses. these organizations have a bad history. >> they got a bad history. we have always known that.
government it uld make us look like greece tomorrow. instead, they are in like netherland so stuff like this happens. >> we're beginning to look like greece right now. butome things have improved. prices have gone up but that is supply and demand issue. supply is way down so delinquency rights are still very high. >> this is biggest government stimulus program of all. people forget, this stimulus, five trillion bucks. the president is rallying about fat cat bay but they were exempt...
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but in the long run it's a healthier economy that doesn't go down the path of greece. if the long run greece would have low unemployment, but they do not, but yes, we're going to go a percent, if it happens the worse case scenario, but in five years we won't be not able to borrow money. >> brenda: julian, you can go ahead and respond. >> first of l, the ernst & young study has been debunked over and ov. and number two, the bush tax cuts, if you let the bh tax cuts. the crs study was a republican study and found the same thing as the cbo. if you let bush tax cuts expire on everybody, yes, you would have negative economic impact. the two staetudies done recentl shows the top two rates, top 2%, virtually no impact. to jonas' point if you raise taxes the lot and cut spending a lot and so austerity plan, that would have an impact. democrats were for pouring more money into the compli with stimulus and republicans wanted austerity and jonas' point is an argument against what conservatives were pushing for. >> brenda: all right. toby. >> what's the question? >> driving a smar
but in the long run it's a healthier economy that doesn't go down the path of greece. if the long run greece would have low unemployment, but they do not, but yes, we're going to go a percent, if it happens the worse case scenario, but in five years we won't be not able to borrow money. >> brenda: julian, you can go ahead and respond. >> first of l, the ernst & young study has been debunked over and ov. and number two, the bush tax cuts, if you let the bh tax cuts. the crs study...
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>> we have to, otherwise we'll be just like greece and half of europe. neil: some say we'll be like greece if in is no deal by the end of the year? >> i do not agree. we have to negotiate, the president needs to get involved. neil: the language changed a little bit today, i notice when they are not attacking each other out in open, then progress must be being made. that is what led to rumors of a potential imminent deal yesterday. now they are back to sniping, speaker boehner and nancy pelosi and others going back and forth, that leads me to believe that things are falling apart, do you get that sense? >> we see here -- hear they are negotiating, we'll get a deal, then we hear the fighting going on, if the fighting continues, we're not getting a deal. i don't want a deal if it is just the same old deal that is not good for america. neil: do you worry, as i guy has been around the neck of the woods for a few years, that republicans are losing their verve. some more conservative members have said we lost an election but we did not lose everything that we s
>> we have to, otherwise we'll be just like greece and half of europe. neil: some say we'll be like greece if in is no deal by the end of the year? >> i do not agree. we have to negotiate, the president needs to get involved. neil: the language changed a little bit today, i notice when they are not attacking each other out in open, then progress must be being made. that is what led to rumors of a potential imminent deal yesterday. now they are back to sniping, speaker boehner and...
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we're the only country that does it, let's be like france, greece, and spain and not have one and get to the cliff-- >> a quick reminder, by the way, adam of the 16 trillion dollars of debt that currently is on the table for the united states. 6 billion of that debt, neil, has been put on the books under president obama's watch. >> 6 trillion. >> 6 trillion. we're talking about adding on to that. where is he he coming up with the numbers? which economist is he citing and where are the polls-- >> warren buffett said earlier in the week it's not about economics it's about making peopleeel good. -- let me stop a second. did you say where he does he pull these numbers out of. >> seriously, seriously. >> neil: i wanted to make sure i heard you correctly. talk about a pain in the gas. the price is record high this time of year and we're getting new proposals to hike gasoline prices to pay down the debt. where will it go. the gang from forbes is on that. that's at the top of the hour. forget having the in-la over for dinner, more families are shacking up together. young, old and everyone in
we're the only country that does it, let's be like france, greece, and spain and not have one and get to the cliff-- >> a quick reminder, by the way, adam of the 16 trillion dollars of debt that currently is on the table for the united states. 6 billion of that debt, neil, has been put on the books under president obama's watch. >> 6 trillion. >> 6 trillion. we're talking about adding on to that. where is he he coming up with the numbers? which economist is he citing and where...
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>> greece has been upgraded by a rating agency, scott. s&p has upgraded to b from b minus because of a commitment to keep greece within the eurozone and to keep funding them. it's something that we haven't seen in years, maybe decades. greece has now been upgraded when it comes to their outstanding bonds. back to you. >> the euro is getting a bump. it the highs of the day. 132 euro dollar. >> the s&p is believing that there is a strong commitment to keep doing what it takes to keep them in, whether it's cutting the interest rate, he can tending the maturities, et cetera, that that could lead to more stability in the eurozone. >> michelle, thank you very much with that important news on greece. let's get back to our discussion the indicates is being made for and against oracle. >> i'm not going to taint oracle because of hewlett-packard's misstep after misstep after misstep. extremely disciplined. they are strategic in terms of the acquisitions that they make. and 50 or 100 times, and 36 billion to 37 billion and expecting for 2013, 38 bil
>> greece has been upgraded by a rating agency, scott. s&p has upgraded to b from b minus because of a commitment to keep greece within the eurozone and to keep funding them. it's something that we haven't seen in years, maybe decades. greece has now been upgraded when it comes to their outstanding bonds. back to you. >> the euro is getting a bump. it the highs of the day. 132 euro dollar. >> the s&p is believing that there is a strong commitment to keep doing what it...
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things start to change and in fact, the underlying real problem, the growing deficit on the path to greece, the goalets worse once we kick the can away. that will be the overriding probleming not the slowing economy not people spending money, but sure, that might not happen in the first two months, but it will eventually happen if we keep kicking down the can. we want to prove to the world that we have a solution and if it takes a few months to get there and higher taxes for a while, big deal, we will get there. that's got to be the plan not just the same nonsense. >> yeah, but larry, that's part of your point, but jonas says we're not in a bad recession, we're certainly not in a good recovery. and if we just keep falling little bit by little bit, maybe as much as jump off the cliff, but it's certainly a slippery slope. >> brenda, the damage is already being done. we saw it in november retail sales and companies delaying activity already and we know the ratings agencies are minutes away, we're right to fix the problem in the long run than making a bandaid short-term deal. it doesn't get re
things start to change and in fact, the underlying real problem, the growing deficit on the path to greece, the goalets worse once we kick the can away. that will be the overriding probleming not the slowing economy not people spending money, but sure, that might not happen in the first two months, but it will eventually happen if we keep kicking down the can. we want to prove to the world that we have a solution and if it takes a few months to get there and higher taxes for a while, big deal,...
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to your point earlier about the market's reacting, at some point we will become greece, there aren't a more hypothesis. >> charles, why are they still relatively calm? i think they're relatively calm because of what charlie said. the markets believe we will get a deal. the leadership is trying to get a deal, but it's not easy and by the way by the way-- >> adam, adam. >> charlie, not the end of the world. >> markets like short-term fixes, too. and just because-- >> markets like money printing and. >> neil: by the way, i know i might offend some of you market enthusiasts here, but markets can be wrong and markets might be satisfied. >> they're always wrong. >> neil: a short-term gift and remember the first tarp vote rejected and thearket fell about 800 points and run back together and get a deal going and the market ends up being 4,000 points lower a few months later. so, ben, my worry is basing everything you don a market selloff. >> well, the mkets are always wrong, neil because they change the next day or the next hour. and for long periods of time, they have a modest degreef predi
to your point earlier about the market's reacting, at some point we will become greece, there aren't a more hypothesis. >> charles, why are they still relatively calm? i think they're relatively calm because of what charlie said. the markets believe we will get a deal. the leadership is trying to get a deal, but it's not easy and by the way by the way-- >> adam, adam. >> charlie, not the end of the world. >> markets like short-term fixes, too. and just because-- >>...
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being next greece. you know what? confiscation of private pensions happened in greece. it happened in the last year. it happened in argentina. in ireland to pay forbillion stimulus spending. a wealth tax of some sort especially on 401(k)s which you point out people put aside to save for their own future i don't think that is out of bounds on this president at all. he is firmly committed to spending and collectivism. eventually bills have to be paid. they will use people's private assets. gerri: not just the president. every elected official in washington seems to be the exact same way. they want to get our hands on our money we have to be alert. it is not irresponsible to mention it. i don't think so. jonathan, really appreciate your time. >> thanks, gerri, we'll be right back with my two cents more and the answer to the question of the day, who do you trust more, the epa or aaa? [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, e better you trade. so have ongoing webinars a intactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our decat
being next greece. you know what? confiscation of private pensions happened in greece. it happened in the last year. it happened in argentina. in ireland to pay forbillion stimulus spending. a wealth tax of some sort especially on 401(k)s which you point out people put aside to save for their own future i don't think that is out of bounds on this president at all. he is firmly committed to spending and collectivism. eventually bills have to be paid. they will use people's private assets. gerri:...
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this is not europe, this is not greece. there are solutions. it's the politics that mess everything up. >> you're absolutely right. getting back to the issue of tax rates, it looked like we were getting closer. boehner offered to raise rates for those making more than $1 million a year. the rate would increase only on the amount you made over $1 million. president obama, who insists on letting the bush tax cuts expire for earners making more than $250,000, at least that's how he presented it during the campaign. offered to let those taxes rise on those making more than 400,000 a year. we're talking marginal rates, only on income above $400,000. by the way, mark, $370,000 a year is what puts you in the top 1%. all of those levels, 250, 400, a million. what's the breakoff point at which raising rates would substantially hurt the economy. >> i think they're coming to a compromise, the president's 400 k, speaker boehner was a million. my guess is they come to an agreement somewhere around $500,000. if that's the break point in the tax increase, i d
this is not europe, this is not greece. there are solutions. it's the politics that mess everything up. >> you're absolutely right. getting back to the issue of tax rates, it looked like we were getting closer. boehner offered to raise rates for those making more than $1 million a year. the rate would increase only on the amount you made over $1 million. president obama, who insists on letting the bush tax cuts expire for earners making more than $250,000, at least that's how he presented...
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a debt to gdp ratio at 70% puts us at greece. they are 162%, we are not near that, but do you worry this could bring us there someday? >> well, that's exactly the right metric to think about how much debt we have relative to how big we are that's how we think about how much house we can afford on an individual level, and that's how the government should be thinking too. how much the u.s. government is sustain in terms of debt to gdp. luckily, we don't know. 70, we could survive in terms of the sense we won't bespialing out of control, but the higher that ratio is, then the more that future generations, their taxes go simply to service the debt for the services that their parents and grandparents enjoyed. tracy: right. >> it's the right way to think about the problem. get the number dun as soon as we can. tracy: the answer will be continue to raise axes to make those interest payments which is circular and arguably stupid at the end of the day. talk about the tax code. how do you do it? it's a big book of favors. it is a doorstop
a debt to gdp ratio at 70% puts us at greece. they are 162%, we are not near that, but do you worry this could bring us there someday? >> well, that's exactly the right metric to think about how much debt we have relative to how big we are that's how we think about how much house we can afford on an individual level, and that's how the government should be thinking too. how much the u.s. government is sustain in terms of debt to gdp. luckily, we don't know. 70, we could survive in terms...
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the ghost of christmas yet to come is greece, and now we know that greece is 50% youth unemployment, 25% unemployment throughout the nation. you know, from press stories you see where some of the youth are now having to go to subsistance agriculture because they can't find any sustenance within the major urban areas. now i don't think america's going to become greece but i don't know. i don't want -- >> entitlements, even simpson-bowles lays out this proposal to raise the retirement age by a year. another 30 or 40 years down the road, and that's something that's -- in washington. it's something that none of us would be dealing with. >> i just want to know how we cut it in the next two years. i want it cut now. >> listen, i would be happy to roll -- let's just start out by rolling back the budget to where it was before barack obama took office. i mean we've had a 20% increase in federal spending, when now all of a sudden apparently gdp growth of 1.5% to 2% seems to be the new norm. again, that math doesn't work. it doesn't work. we can get rid of -- we can get rid of ballout funds. >>
the ghost of christmas yet to come is greece, and now we know that greece is 50% youth unemployment, 25% unemployment throughout the nation. you know, from press stories you see where some of the youth are now having to go to subsistance agriculture because they can't find any sustenance within the major urban areas. now i don't think america's going to become greece but i don't know. i don't want -- >> entitlements, even simpson-bowles lays out this proposal to raise the retirement age...
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greece does not have an exit. citigroup had a 90% chance earlier this year. the biggest day of this jurn year was june 17th when they elected a moderate who did not try to pull greece out. and germany stepped up and gave them some money and that september the 6th, that was the european central bank. so you had china, maria, the united states and greece. none of them went off the cliff. maria, this is for you. our little christmas present for you, maria. >> thank you. thank you. >> we want to remember, by the way, this is emblem attic of all these nice things you have said this week for the victims of the newtown connecticut tragedy. we love the way you all have been strong in support of them. >> thank you. i very much appreciate that. michael, let me ask you, what do you want to be avoiding in 2013? >> i think you have to look at it from the standpoint of extreme. it's clearly in the bond market. it's clearly in the love for dividends. it's clearly in the love for income versus capital appreciation, versus cycle kral. i call this the rocky balboa stock market
greece does not have an exit. citigroup had a 90% chance earlier this year. the biggest day of this jurn year was june 17th when they elected a moderate who did not try to pull greece out. and germany stepped up and gave them some money and that september the 6th, that was the european central bank. so you had china, maria, the united states and greece. none of them went off the cliff. maria, this is for you. our little christmas present for you, maria. >> thank you. thank you. >>...
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good morning, everyone, 50 billion dollars flowing into greece. it will never be repaid. new figures show the country in a deep depression. 11 million people owe a half trillion dollars. back home, speaker boehner and president obama are a little closer to a deal and both have given some ground on taxes and spending. the markets like it. right now john boehner is trying to sell it to his party. across the country, record gun sales over the weekend. "varney & company" about to begin. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. >> we have breaking news right now on the debate within the republican party about the fiscal cliff deal. rich edson has what, what is being discussed here, what is the latest, rich? >> a plan b on the fiscal cliff on taxes, stuart. this is coming from house speaker john boehner who is addressing republicans right now. we have a source in the room
good morning, everyone, 50 billion dollars flowing into greece. it will never be repaid. new figures show the country in a deep depression. 11 million people owe a half trillion dollars. back home, speaker boehner and president obama are a little closer to a deal and both have given some ground on taxes and spending. the markets like it. right now john boehner is trying to sell it to his party. across the country, record gun sales over the weekend. "varney & company" about to...
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the road map is greece, italy, spain, all over europe but the president thinks you can tax-and-spend your way to prosperity. >>neil: what the administration throws back on the issue is take a look at italy and greece, austerity has worked. you say what? >>guest: they have a strange definition. alwaysst either to them means higher taxes in europe and the united states austerity means less spending. i am in favor of the right definition of austerity. the balkan countries got out of the mess and now they are doing well economically because they cut, not just cut spending in the washington sense of increasing it at a slower rate they spent less one year after the other and now they are out of the trouble. if you understand the right definition of austerity is the way to go, the problem is in most of europe it means higher taxes, obama wants to give us the bad part of europe, without the good part. >>neil: thank you very much. they are not cutting anything. just slowing the growth. rebound and former president bill clinton hitting the links. this is a photo from last year. what we don't k
the road map is greece, italy, spain, all over europe but the president thinks you can tax-and-spend your way to prosperity. >>neil: what the administration throws back on the issue is take a look at italy and greece, austerity has worked. you say what? >>guest: they have a strange definition. alwaysst either to them means higher taxes in europe and the united states austerity means less spending. i am in favor of the right definition of austerity. the balkan countries got out of...
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top democrat lieves we should return to europe for inspiration and guidance for fiscal policy, taking greece, perhaps, as a standard for dealing with econic a budget crises. the speaker did a charge the president is slow walking the nation to the brink of a fiscal cliff. that is one of the speakers firmest in the strongest statements yet. >> this is in a progress report because there is no progress to report. the white house has wasted another week. there are a lot of things that are possible to put the revenue on the table, but none of it is going to be possible. the president insists on his position. insists on my way or the highway. lou: inconveniently the congressional budget office today reported that the federal deficit is already bulging. the cbo reports for the first two months of fiscal 2013 that number $2902,000,000,000, $57 billion more than the same two month time span last year. and the labor department today report the unemployment rate fell to the 77%. good news, the lowest jobless rate in four years. the lower unemployment rate, however, the consequence of the more han 300,00
top democrat lieves we should return to europe for inspiration and guidance for fiscal policy, taking greece, perhaps, as a standard for dealing with econic a budget crises. the speaker did a charge the president is slow walking the nation to the brink of a fiscal cliff. that is one of the speakers firmest in the strongest statements yet. >> this is in a progress report because there is no progress to report. the white house has wasted another week. there are a lot of things that are...
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it is important that we fix the over spending that is going to turn us into greece and spain. you talk about it all the time, it is so important we do that. even if we don't get rean elected it is so important -- reelected it is so important we do that we need all the leverage we got. >> sean: we are on our way to 20 trillion in debt. this is beyond fiscal cliff, this is a fiscal dive into i don't want to think where it can take us. >> some would say, if the dollar were not the international currency, we would have already been greece. >> sean: i brought up some ideas at the tkpweuplg of the program. i said okay, why don't we go for 200 billion in discretionary cuts to start, yes to entitlement reform, you agree? yes to serious tax reform? >> do i ever. when the president says fair share the perfect answer, flat tax. he has not made one pro bowsal that will have warren buffett paying the same as his secretary. it is called capital gains 15%. income tax is 15%. you make more, you pay more. you make less, you pay less. everybody pays their fair share. >> sean: same with value ad
it is important that we fix the over spending that is going to turn us into greece and spain. you talk about it all the time, it is so important we do that. even if we don't get rean elected it is so important -- reelected it is so important we do that we need all the leverage we got. >> sean: we are on our way to 20 trillion in debt. this is beyond fiscal cliff, this is a fiscal dive into i don't want to think where it can take us. >> some would say, if the dollar were not the...
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but michael was out in greece. he might tell us what happens when you allow tax increases to chase after spending and you don't have any restraint in all, however works out. gerri: california's just approved a $6 billion tax hike. what can you tell us about our future? >> it is retroactive. active january 1st of 2 dozen 12. it does not start ne yar. it already started. increasing our sales ta. the people run in this whole operation moved to texas. if you want to visit califnia anymore go to dallas, houston, fort worth because that is where people are going. people learn to livesmall, and this is what people understand. my taxes go u maybe al nly give up petty an many every other week. maybe i will get my hair cut every twwes but every three. this is what goes on. and if youraise my taxes i'm going to c cut back somewhere. who gets hurt is the little guy on the totem pole. gerri: rahway ago. thank you for coming on tonight. thank you. all right. yet another big corporations rushing to avoid a huge tax bill on t fisc
but michael was out in greece. he might tell us what happens when you allow tax increases to chase after spending and you don't have any restraint in all, however works out. gerri: california's just approved a $6 billion tax hike. what can you tell us about our future? >> it is retroactive. active january 1st of 2 dozen 12. it does not start ne yar. it already started. increasing our sales ta. the people run in this whole operation moved to texas. if you want to visit califnia anymore go...
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this is not greece. there are solutions. it's the politics that mess everything up. >> yeah. you're absolutely right. getting back to the issue of tax rates, it looked like we were getting closer. boehner offered to raise mate raitts for those making more than a million dollars a year, and the rate would only increase on the amount of money you earn over a million dollars a year. just raising those rates were a major concession for any republican. president obama, who insists on letting the bush tax cults expire for earns making more than $250,000, or at least that's how he presented it during the campaign, offered to let those taxes rise on those making more than $400,000 a year. we're talking marginal rates then so, that would be only on income above $400,000. by the way, mark, $370,000 a year is what puts you into the top 1% here. you're an economist. all those income levels, 250, 400, a million, flying around for raising rates, what in your opinion is the breakoff point at which raising rates would substantially hurt the economy? >> well, i mean, i think coming to a compr
this is not greece. there are solutions. it's the politics that mess everything up. >> yeah. you're absolutely right. getting back to the issue of tax rates, it looked like we were getting closer. boehner offered to raise mate raitts for those making more than a million dollars a year, and the rate would only increase on the amount of money you earn over a million dollars a year. just raising those rates were a major concession for any republican. president obama, who insists on letting...
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. >> california is america's greece. we continue e them, you know, gone past the proverbial, you know, they have gone over, and it feels weir base there's people re-election -- weird because there's a lot of people who are relatively poor, and if you're rich, you can handle it, but they both are together on the same things, and it's those people in the middle, those 1 million, by the way, who leftn the last ten years to go to texas because they are the ones who get crush in all of this, and real opportunities are a loss for everyone, and at some point, you hit a break wall. it's happening around the world right now. neil: how many wil actually use it for the intentions it has? >> from what i read, they admit programs like this around the country have been ripe with all kinds of frauds. i would suspect a vast majority sell it. i can't imagine, you know, a lot of homeless people are drug addicts, you know, we got -- by the way, we got a lot of programs out there. you know, for homeless people, and we got a ton of progra. i
. >> california is america's greece. we continue e them, you know, gone past the proverbial, you know, they have gone over, and it feels weir base there's people re-election -- weird because there's a lot of people who are relatively poor, and if you're rich, you can handle it, but they both are together on the same things, and it's those people in the middle, those 1 million, by the way, who leftn the last ten years to go to texas because they are the ones who get crush in all of this,...
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keeping greece in. >> and who were some of the past winners? what in your point of view is the most important criteria for picking person of the year? what is this supposed to represent? >> it's an important contribution to innovation. we've had receive jobs, for example, as person of the year. we earlier, five years ago, we had picked shawn claude trichet, the then president of the european central bank because he led the central bank response in 2001. so i think it's someone who has made a decisive, positive contribution to economic policy, public policy and that is probably why we wouldn't choose the north korean lead, who just let up a north korean missile this week. >> are there any regrets over choosing trichet now? >> i don't think so. he played an important role. we think mr. draghi has been somewhat bolder in his approach, notably through the money transactions which are designed to intervene in the bond market to reduce spreads where, in effect, speculators are betting on a break up of the eurozone, which is perhaps unnaturally raisin
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becomes like greece. there a terrible economy with 26% unemployment, the highest in europe, and almost no job opportunities for young people frequently lead to riots in the streets. now here a leading democrat is suggesting cutting spending too quick -- too quickly is the real problem. >> the community is concerned about all of their as you teary too. there are many things you can do to reduce debt, but still have a a -- an aspect of the economy. >> some say europe's austerity is a drag on economic growth because it relies on taxation while failing to rein in the expansion of government. and that would seem to back up a republican theme in this fiscal cliff argument. >> if we raise taxes on the top two rates which is about a million small businesses who employ 25% of the workforce, it will cost us over 700,000 jobs and reduce economic growth and lower take home pay. that's a bad scenario. >> the lead negotiator on the republican side of the table facing mr. obama says raising taxes on upper income america
becomes like greece. there a terrible economy with 26% unemployment, the highest in europe, and almost no job opportunities for young people frequently lead to riots in the streets. now here a leading democrat is suggesting cutting spending too quick -- too quickly is the real problem. >> the community is concerned about all of their as you teary too. there are many things you can do to reduce debt, but still have a a -- an aspect of the economy. >> some say europe's austerity is a...
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greece got upgraded today. who would have thought it. that is what the market is looking at. saying okay. it is not going to be the worst kcase sharcenario, but you coul extend the middle class tax cuts and be done with it. it is in a recession. >> and i think the market would not like that very much. everybody is expecting that you get the middle class tax cuts done. >> and if you can get china and europe doing better. it is hard to be terribly bearish on the u.s. >> y are going to stay with our politico expert. this is a rally that has surprised experts. it hasn't been that easy to be optimistic. >> it is. i think you have to be cautious here. the probability that this could fall apart is very, very real. >> so, you have to be careful up at these levels as a trader. i have low exposure up here. i have protection. that is how you have to play this market. stay with us please. >> yesterday it looked like washington was inching towards a deal. but today, plan b could be signaling differences. we have karen b and sara fagan herself a former political director. i know what it me
greece got upgraded today. who would have thought it. that is what the market is looking at. saying okay. it is not going to be the worst kcase sharcenario, but you coul extend the middle class tax cuts and be done with it. it is in a recession. >> and i think the market would not like that very much. everybody is expecting that you get the middle class tax cuts done. >> and if you can get china and europe doing better. it is hard to be terribly bearish on the u.s. >> y are...
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i don't really get many questions or have many debates about greece or spain anymore. i think there's definitely a back burner element to what's going on in europe as people focus whether it happens on january 1st or not on the fiscal cliff. >> let me follow up with that real quick. here's the thing -- the greek situation, which was driving the market negativity a few months ago, is the same, roughly, as it was then. but yet we've conveniently forgotten about it because the fiscal cliff. >> i don't think is that people forgot about it. the ecb has gone a long way toward mitigating tail risk across the region, lowering volatility. as intention has increasingly focused on spain and italy, i think people at this point have pretty much written greece off. i think there is still a widespread belief following the german elections that debt burden is going down in the official sector, just a matter of how much. >> gina sanchez, this is live tv of course. good to have you back up and running. we have climbed the wall of worry many, many times. quite often when we climb that wa
i don't really get many questions or have many debates about greece or spain anymore. i think there's definitely a back burner element to what's going on in europe as people focus whether it happens on january 1st or not on the fiscal cliff. >> let me follow up with that real quick. here's the thing -- the greek situation, which was driving the market negativity a few months ago, is the same, roughly, as it was then. but yet we've conveniently forgotten about it because the fiscal cliff....
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decade, the government has to cut spending significantly simply to pay interest in the manner greece is so doing. we're on our way to becoming another greek tragedy, unless we gee the economy growing 3 to 4% a year the debt will outrun us. before a matter of time all the government programs the democrats are giving them. that is why they reelected president obama will not be there. melissa: lindsey, at what point does it become painful for americans? he talks about all of sudden we can't issue debt. we talk about how much china owes of our, owns of our debt. we own a lot of our own debt too. >> that's the problem. we're really at the precipice. this is the point we have to make the tough decision if we will become the next greece or reform the programs and make a discernable dent into the debt we already service that we have right now. really doesn't seem like either side is willing to make concession. obama is only going to concede if he can tell his populace if he raised taxes on rich. republicans will only succeed if we made a dent in spending. neither side looks like they want to
decade, the government has to cut spending significantly simply to pay interest in the manner greece is so doing. we're on our way to becoming another greek tragedy, unless we gee the economy growing 3 to 4% a year the debt will outrun us. before a matter of time all the government programs the democrats are giving them. that is why they reelected president obama will not be there. melissa: lindsey, at what point does it become painful for americans? he talks about all of sudden we can't issue...
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that's when we'll have leverage to turn the country around, prevent from becoming greece and save social security and medicare. to anybody listening, i will raise the debt ceiling orchl if we save medicare and social security from insolvency and prevent this country from becoming greece. no more borrowing until we know why we're in debt to begin with. >> let me say this. i don't think that using the debt ceiling and defaulting on our debt, my dear friend lindsey graham, one. my best friends in the senate, is the way to go. that's risking the united states. the president has said he is not going to hold the credit of the united states so someone can achieve a political agenda. doesn't count on bargaining over the debt ceiling. on taxes, i know it's hard for the republicans but the president ran on that platform, 250, no tax increase for people below but taxes for people above. 60% of the voters said they were for it in the exit polls, including some republicans and yet our republican colleagues by refusing to go along with revenues are risking the fiscal cliff and make no mistake about it
that's when we'll have leverage to turn the country around, prevent from becoming greece and save social security and medicare. to anybody listening, i will raise the debt ceiling orchl if we save medicare and social security from insolvency and prevent this country from becoming greece. no more borrowing until we know why we're in debt to begin with. >> let me say this. i don't think that using the debt ceiling and defaulting on our debt, my dear friend lindsey graham, one. my best...
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i mean, the real debt ratio, if you count it like ge or ibm and greece, is 450%. it's about 260% for italy and it's about 230% for spain and all of these things that aren't counted are going to come to roost over a period of time. so i think we're in a lull right now. i think mostly because of draghi and his comments that we're going to give money forever and save the world that i think as we head into the new year that's going to come to a conclusion. >> last question, we're running short of time. if you had an extra thousand dollars to invest right now, in something simple, in any country in the globe, where would you put it and what would it be? would it be fixed income, equities? >> fixed income, as long as you can go. investment grade. there is going to be tremendous compression. and i think that's the place to be. >> i'm in agreement with you. carl, melissa, back to you. >> thanks a lot, rick. let's get over to bertha coombs for a market flash this time on u.s. steel. >> u.s. steel materials today the best performer, the best performer this week and u.s. ste
i mean, the real debt ratio, if you count it like ge or ibm and greece, is 450%. it's about 260% for italy and it's about 230% for spain and all of these things that aren't counted are going to come to roost over a period of time. so i think we're in a lull right now. i think mostly because of draghi and his comments that we're going to give money forever and save the world that i think as we head into the new year that's going to come to a conclusion. >> last question, we're running...
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extending the gains versus the dollar, rallying to a near seven week high against the green back after greece announced its debt buy back terms. euro rose to a $1131. that's high historically. action in the metals. silver, platinum, all sinking more than 1%. silver was today's biggest loser dropping nearly p 3% to settle at $32.81 an ounce. david: markets hopping, but the next trader says investor participation is shifting. in chicago, larry, the key question here is what happens when the market gets off its hind legs and moves? move up or down? >> it all depends on what happens with the fiscal cliff. right now, there's boehner yelled out by his own party, the conservative part of the wing, and also the left. he's in a really, really tight spot and an ultimate binary trade. if something good happens, we'll rocket higher. if something bad happens, expect the worst right now. that's the thing right now. it's a yes or no trade. liz: congressional know it all at fox news calls it rrpublican on republican violence. hard to get a deal in the own party, special interests, the markets, whatever happe
extending the gains versus the dollar, rallying to a near seven week high against the green back after greece announced its debt buy back terms. euro rose to a $1131. that's high historically. action in the metals. silver, platinum, all sinking more than 1%. silver was today's biggest loser dropping nearly p 3% to settle at $32.81 an ounce. david: markets hopping, but the next trader says investor participation is shifting. in chicago, larry, the key question here is what happens when the...
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israel got ahead of the conflict and cut greece and cypress into the deal so that they would be partnering with israel to exploit these fields rather than competing with israel. sandra: rapidly developing story. to put it in nato secretary-general rasmussen's words, i think now it is only a matter of time. so we'll continue to follow that story. thanks so much for joining us tonight, chris harmer. >> thank you, pressure sandra. pleasure to be here. sandra: handouts to the wind industry have gone so well so why not give them tens of millions more? notice sarcasm out there. they want to build a wind farm completely out ad sea. are think out to lunch? >>> how rising temperatures are threatening to burr i the multibillion-dollar industry. that's coming up. do you ever have too much money? ♪ . copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advai i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve ng function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help impro
israel got ahead of the conflict and cut greece and cypress into the deal so that they would be partnering with israel to exploit these fields rather than competing with israel. sandra: rapidly developing story. to put it in nato secretary-general rasmussen's words, i think now it is only a matter of time. so we'll continue to follow that story. thanks so much for joining us tonight, chris harmer. >> thank you, pressure sandra. pleasure to be here. sandra: handouts to the wind industry...
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so the top performer is greece, up 24%, and we know how that economy is crashing. the bottom performer, or one of them is china. which even today is down 5% year-to-date, even though it is growing at the rate that it is. what does that mean for 2013? do you get a snapback, or are the central banks driven a big wedge between reality and stock market performance? >> i think that's a great question. you know, i think over the past few years, indeed, china's equities have been pretty week, especially in the asia market as you mentioned. i don't think that's necessarily because of a lot of cyclical disappointment. certainly that hasn't helped. but in reality, i think the earnings have not been so bad until this year, it was actually the valuation that kept seeing further and further compression. i think that's coming from people's concerns about the structural problems in china getting bigger. therefore, whatever level gdp growth was seeing today, or earnings growth, people think it's not sustainable going into the future. in 2013, we don't have any assurances that this
so the top performer is greece, up 24%, and we know how that economy is crashing. the bottom performer, or one of them is china. which even today is down 5% year-to-date, even though it is growing at the rate that it is. what does that mean for 2013? do you get a snapback, or are the central banks driven a big wedge between reality and stock market performance? >> i think that's a great question. you know, i think over the past few years, indeed, china's equities have been pretty week,...
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though, are we seeing signs of stress again with the concerns about leadership in italy, and problems in greece, and should we pay attention to that than the fiscal cliff discussions? >> well, you know, right now, doesn't seem like the market is paying attention to that right now. it reminds me a lot of september, before the election, when the s&p's rallied. everything was con taped. we were worried about central bank, liquidity, numbers okayed here, heating up in china. people thought europe was contained, and it feels that way now. people looking past the headlines whether it's the fiscal cliff or europe. i mean, there's a lot of doom day sayers out there, and it makes sense, but it seems like everything right now is contained, and the trade is up to the upside. david: right. liz mentioned the fed decision coming up, should be hearing about it tomorrow. what's the market expecting from the fed? in what way will they be excited or disappointed? >> well, i think the market, if you look at the options market, the flows into the ten year treasuries, it's implying 85 billion per month. the reason
though, are we seeing signs of stress again with the concerns about leadership in italy, and problems in greece, and should we pay attention to that than the fiscal cliff discussions? >> well, you know, right now, doesn't seem like the market is paying attention to that right now. it reminds me a lot of september, before the election, when the s&p's rallied. everything was con taped. we were worried about central bank, liquidity, numbers okayed here, heating up in china. people...
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that the very people that have squandered your retirement, have brought us to the brink of becoming greece, the people that are stealing from their children and breaking open their piggy banks, how can they call people who pay half of the taxes greedy? they're the ones that are agreey, they're the ones that are selfish, and they're the ones that have spent beyond their means. you rarely hear that. why is that? the left controls most media outlets in the country and they define compassion and generosity by spending other people's money. this is a selfish, massive power grab and this is done by greedy politicians, you know, the ones that claim they care about you as they crat -- as they create d see, there are 18 mor million me americans on food stamps. 50 million americans in total on food stampletion. one in six americans live in poverty, millions more living paycheck to paycheck. i suspect with all the government compassion, i believe people would rather live debt-free. there's a lot of good time spending their money and then blaming the people who are giving them the money. if we're goin
that the very people that have squandered your retirement, have brought us to the brink of becoming greece, the people that are stealing from their children and breaking open their piggy banks, how can they call people who pay half of the taxes greedy? they're the ones that are agreey, they're the ones that are selfish, and they're the ones that have spent beyond their means. you rarely hear that. why is that? the left controls most media outlets in the country and they define compassion and...
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at the end of that journey the destination is greece or spain or italy. melissa: right. >> we have to figure out how to get control of intitlements. the while house refuses to have adult conversation about that. melissa: neither of these proposals, neither side gets us closer to closing the enormous gap you're talking about. i say over and over again and if this was your household and bills were so far out of line with what the revenue was you could get very serious very quickly. these people do not seem to do that. for republicans is it looking more and more palatable to go over the cliff at this point? >> depends on how dogmatic obama is. like selling a car on craig's list and put it up for 5,000 and really take 4500. someone offers you 4,000. this is classic negotiating. we have to be serious. this isn't just a game. we're not playing poker on a thursday night. if we don't get fix our fiscal problem, by the way to give republicans credit, i just don't want to attack them, they passed the ryan budget earlier this year and last year and that actually doe
at the end of that journey the destination is greece or spain or italy. melissa: right. >> we have to figure out how to get control of intitlements. the while house refuses to have adult conversation about that. melissa: neither of these proposals, neither side gets us closer to closing the enormous gap you're talking about. i say over and over again and if this was your household and bills were so far out of line with what the revenue was you could get very serious very quickly. these...
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this morning, they agreed finally on the disbursement of aid to greece. some says it removed uncertainty. other investors, not so sure. i wanted to show you the italian curve, italy and spanl wrapping up their fund-raising for the year. their auctions weren't all of that huge, but we are seeing yields fall, prices rise across the board as investors did show up. if we flip over to spain in particular, we can take a look at the three-year over here. a bid to cover ratio of 4.8%. one indication certainly of the kind of indications there are where the ecb is expected to be the most active if and when these countries have to access their bailout programs. now we're seeing prices in spain sell off a little bit. the ten-year, just under 5.4% is the level there. for the longer dated papers, investors are a little bit more wary. now, that news coming out of the euro group meeting, i wanted to show you the euro/dollar as we wrap up today's global market support. it's still down .1%, 1.3056. that would tell you that the resolution is largely priced in. now as focus
this morning, they agreed finally on the disbursement of aid to greece. some says it removed uncertainty. other investors, not so sure. i wanted to show you the italian curve, italy and spanl wrapping up their fund-raising for the year. their auctions weren't all of that huge, but we are seeing yields fall, prices rise across the board as investors did show up. if we flip over to spain in particular, we can take a look at the three-year over here. a bid to cover ratio of 4.8%. one indication...
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way to go, greece. they have done very good so far. >> that's interesting, because europe has taken a back seat to many soft other issues. you still worried about europe? should that be part of our investment idea portfolio? >> as david said, that's improved dramatically, too, and it's really taken a back seat, so i would say, as david said, that some type of deal is priced into the market. >> let's do it this way. your single best idea to invest in, and then i'll get yours. >> financials, not necessarily the big banks but bank of new york melon. >> why? >> a processing bank, because it's the cheapest sector. a lot of momentum going for it right now. >> even the low rate that hurt their bottom line because it's tough to lend and borrow at such low rates. >> keep in mind, bank of new york melon, they are a processing bank so lending is not that big a deal to them. >> profit, production and personal income are the three things to watch, the three ps. >> what's your single best? >> our single best idea is
way to go, greece. they have done very good so far. >> that's interesting, because europe has taken a back seat to many soft other issues. you still worried about europe? should that be part of our investment idea portfolio? >> as david said, that's improved dramatically, too, and it's really taken a back seat, so i would say, as david said, that some type of deal is priced into the market. >> let's do it this way. your single best idea to invest in, and then i'll get yours....
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liz: worried about greece and ireland and portugal, and italy, spain, then the election. go back to the primaries. what will happen with the primaries, then election, then fiscal cliff. it's always something. all you really saw if you look at one are to your charts of the s&p, dow, you name it. not exactly a straight shot, but it was a rally. people sitting on the sidelines terrified, shaking their hands saying we are not going to buy. look at the far left. now where we are today, you're looking at what some of you out there miss because you were scared. how did you convince people there is more room to run normally you don't believe that? >> for us it is very much business. with respect to these various crises are fears of the fiscal cliff for the election are what have you that the rate -- create uncertainties in investors' minds, it's often better to adjust to now. ridge example is the election. in early november right after words two weeks later, 11%, markets is just grew up. be classy about this. event guess what. yesterday or the day before we were basically where w
liz: worried about greece and ireland and portugal, and italy, spain, then the election. go back to the primaries. what will happen with the primaries, then election, then fiscal cliff. it's always something. all you really saw if you look at one are to your charts of the s&p, dow, you name it. not exactly a straight shot, but it was a rally. people sitting on the sidelines terrified, shaking their hands saying we are not going to buy. look at the far left. now where we are today, you're...